responsabilizar
Portuguese, verb/ʁes.põ.sa.bi.liˈza(ʁ)/
responsabilizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to responsibilize, to hold responsible, to take responsibility for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “confiar”.
What does responsabilizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to responsibilize, to hold responsible, to take responsibility for
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. confiar 2. encarregar 3. incumbir
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of responsabilizar
- responsabilizo first-person present singular
- responsabilizei first-person preterite singular
- responsabilizado participle past
- responsabilizares infinitive second-person singular
- responsabilizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- responsabilizardes infinitive plural second-person
- responsabilizarem infinitive plural third-person
- responsabilizando gerund
- responsabilizados masculine participle past
- responsabilizada feminine participle past
- responsabilizadas feminine participle past
- responsabilizas indicative present second-person
- responsabiliza indicative present singular
- responsabilizamos first-person indicative plural
- responsabilizais indicative plural present
- responsabilizam indicative plural present
- responsabilizava first-person imperfect indicative
- responsabilizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce responsabilizar?
- Brazil /ʁes.põ.sa.bi.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [hes.põ.sa.bi.liˈza(h)]
- /ʁes.põ.sa.bi.liˈza(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is responsabilizar in Portuguese?
responsabilizar appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).